Struggle in the Steam Age

The humans and ratmen in the cave gathered together and built a platform as high as the ratman priest in front of the goblin god's idol. The platform is made of earth, stones and wood brought in from outside the cave. It looks like three pies of different sizes are stacked from big to small.

On the top of the table is the statue of the Horned Rat that has just been sculpted. Unlike the evil god of the same name in a game that Lawrence has heard of in his previous life, the main rat god named Big Horned Rat actually looks like a standing upright. groundhog with a barbed whip and a flintlock. There is a small and cute horn in the middle of his forehead.

The horns of the so-called big-horned rats are actually not big at all, and there is only one reason why the god chose this name, that is, the rat-men don't actually grow horns, so as long as they grow horns, they can be called big horns.

When everything was ready, the Ratman Priest and the other Ratman superhumans dressed in colorful clothes and weirdly shaped hats moved out all the sacrifices and ritual utensils to be used later . Then respectfully placed it at the foot of the horned rat statue on the stage.

Among the offerings, apart from the temporarily collected flowers and branches exuding a certain fragrance, they also piled a series of sparkling things on them, such as wind chimes and handicrafts made of pearly shells by the sea. Made some really nice scrambled glass beads.

As a necessary procedure for participating in the ceremony, Lawrence also presented seven or eight pieces of natural dog head gold the size of the smallest pinball and the size of the largest baby's fist on behalf of human beings, as well as dozens of bottles of high-quality balm packed in alabaster bottles. Naturally, these things from the astral plane were all erased by Nora with her own authority, so it was impossible for any gods to trace their origins from them.

But this does not detract from the excellent quality of these balms, which are infused with the petals, nectar, and seeds of the golden lotus, a specialty of temples in the Astral Plane. After Lawrence took out the balm, the ratman priest just sniffed it and expressed on the spot that he was willing to spend a lot of money to buy such a good thing.

After Lawrence said that he had taken out all the stocks in order to kill this important goblin altar this time, the rat man could only shake his head helplessly. He didn't wonder why Lawrence possessed such a treasure. After all, Lawrence was a spellcaster, so he must have many good things on him.

After making an agreement with Lawrence that there will be such good things in the future, don't forget him, the priest climbed up to the stage and began to perform the sanctification ceremony of the idol. He first inlaid the holy emblem that Lawrence had just carved with gold in the groove in the heart of the statue, and then painted the entire statue with the ointment that Lawrence dedicated.

In addition to these offerings that would be consumed in the ritual, some weapons were also enshrined at the feet of the idol. As long as the weapons that the Ratman can use are now piled here. From sharpened wooden sticks to daggers made of high-quality steel, from slingshots to the short-barreled pump-action shotgun that Lawrence gave to the Ratmen this time.

According to the rat people, the heroic spirits under the horned rat will need these weapons when the gods are fighting. So they took very seriously to sanctify these weapons with various balms and spices.

"It feels a little strange." Nora's curious voice came to mind in Lawrence's mind. "In my memory, the rituals held for human gods don't seem to need to prepare so many kinds of things."

"This kind of ritual is actually somewhat similar to some rituals of the god of the wilderness. Among some allies of mankind, this kind of ritual born out of shaman sacrifices is quite common." Lawrence explained.

From the time when the platform was built, the Ratman priest had been staring at the statue of the goblin god carved from pyrite. He needs to keep an eye out for changes on the goblin statue, especially its color.

The golden appearance like now means that the gods are not watching here, and it is a safe color. But once these colors change, it means that the gods have noticed this place, and the statue will also become an important medium for the goblin god to project power, and it will also be transformed into a huge source of pollution and curse.

Fortunately, the statue did not undergo any changes until the preparations were completed. But just when everyone was getting ready and the statue of the Horned Rat began to emit a faint golden light, a black and blood-red mist began to appear on the surface of the statue of the goblin god carved from pyrite.

As soon as the first ray of mist appeared, the Ratmen priest put on a helmet pieced together with wild boar teeth and a circle of regular pearl shell discs fell from the edge, and then, like the old general on the stage in Lawrence's previous life, The back was covered with various sequined flags and jumped up in front of the statue of the horned rat. While dancing, shaking and beating the tambourine in his hand.

The other ratmen also began to shake the brass bells in their hands vigorously, singing songs in praise of the horned rat while shaking them.

Humans like Lawrence in the outermost circle were divided into two groups. One group of people held shields and daggers in their hands. After seeing the Ratmen Priest announced his move, they struck the shields with the daggers in their hands vigorously. The other group of people consisted of Lawrence and Nala. They held a whale oil lamp in each hand, and they circled the huge cave hall clockwise and counterclockwise.

After the image of the goblin god changed, the surrounding shadows seemed to come alive and spread to Lawrence and the others in the center of the entire space. At the same time, the noses of all the people present also began to smell a faint smell of blood.

However, after the humans and rat people started the ceremony, these evil changes were immediately contained. The shadows that originally looked as if they were going to be activated to become some evil creatures scattered away again. At the same time, the bloody smell in the space was also dispelled by a faint sweet fragrance of lotus flowers.

At this time, Lawrence found that the originally gleaming golden goblin god had completely turned into a kind of ominous black, only the eyes and heart had turned red, as if it were bright blood. Lawrence could feel the ominous power slowly seeping out from the statue.

These obviously ominous forces were restrained by the power of the horned rat about a palm away from the statue, and then there was a collision of power between the two gods. Because this place is on the edge of the extension range of the power of the gods, the scene of the collision of the gods is not very intense.

In Lawrence's eyes, he only saw two rays of light, one golden and one red, representing the gods colliding between the two statues. Then, amidst the dancing and knocking of everyone present, the golden divine light representing the horned rat pressed the goblin god's blood-red divine light back to the statue step by step.

When the last ray of blood-red divine light was pressed back on the statue of the goblin god, the ratman priest first prayed to the statue of the horned rat and then touched the pure gold holy emblem on the statue with his forehead, so that The now sanctified balm stuck to his forehead. Then, as he stepped off the stage, he took out a small hammer with a head the size of a baby's fist from his waist.

As the ratman priest walked towards the statue of the goblin god step by step, the golden sacred light on the hammer in his hand became brighter and brighter. Until he walked in front of the statue, the light from the hammer was already so bright that it was impossible to look directly at it with the naked eye.

"Squeak—" With a loud shout, the rat man priest raised the hammer above his head, and then slammed it towards the statue of the goblin god in front of him.